Mumbai Indians 5th consecutive win, Kolkata Knight Riders lost by 8 wickets

Dubai October 17 :In the 32nd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, Mumbai Indians defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets. This is his 5th consecutive win this season. Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and decided to bat.

KKR scored 148 for 5 in 20 overs thanks to the brilliant innings of Morgan and Pat Cummins. Chasing the target, Mumbai Indians won the match by 149 runs for 2 wickets in 16.5 overs. Quinton de Kock was the highest scorer for Mumbai. He played an unbeaten innings of 78 runs. He hit 9 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from de Kock, Rohit Sharma scored 35 off 36 balls with the help of 5 fours and a six.

Hardik Pandya remained unbeaten after scoring 21 runs off 11 balls.

Earlier, Cummins and Morgan shared an unbeaten 87-ball 56-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Cummins remained unbeaten on 53 off 36 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes and Morgan scored 39 off 29 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes. Cummins and Morgan scored 35 runs in the last 2 overs. For Mumbai, Rahul Chahar managed 2 wickets, while Trent Boult, Nathan Culter Nile and Jaspreet Bumrah managed to take 1-1 wickets.

Kolkata Knight Riders have been given the command of Eoin Morgan from this match. A few hours before this match, Dinesh Karthik left the captaincy of KKR. So far 27 matches have been played between the two in the IPL. Of these, KKR has managed to win only in 6, while in 21 it has lost.